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Tuesday, January 9, 2018
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Thursday, August 10, 2017
I recently acquired an old NFL coffee table book (Pro Football Experience: David Boss). A cool collection of NFL photos from early-mid 1970s (Tarkenton-era Vikings, St Louis Cards @ Busch stadium, etc). Book is broken in to chapters depicting stages of the game.. Pre-game rituals and prayers, in-game action, halftime. Photos viscerally re-create the mood of being at the stadium and/or on the astroturf. Good read for fans of the NFL and sports history. I noticed, how formal fans were circa 1973; families in collar shirts & nice pants. Fast-forward to the 80s & fans in Cleveland were chewing on Milk Bones & the Raiders' Black Hole looked like the Thunderdome. The Pro Football Experience is a visual capsule of a time & place in pro football.
Monday, May 22, 2017
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Good co-authored (auto)biography on Lou Scheimer. Scheimer was a prolific, pioneering cartoon artist & producer. Book gives a detailed account of Scheimer's career, includes a lot of Scheimer's early, personal artwork thru his professional jobs & creations. I liked the chapter on the '70s animated Star Trek series, was pretty sophisticated for a Saturday morning cartoon, and included/expanded a lot of original Star Trek's actors & canon. Netflix is currently carrying the series.
The Scheimer shows that probably influenced and entertained me the most were Fat Albert & the original (He-Man) Masters of the Universe. Scheimer shares behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the development of Cosby's Fat Albert.
This building in Reseda housed Scheimer's old Filmation studio. I didn't realize the building's history when I was working close by in Encino, circa mid-2ooos. It's hard to picture an era, when Reseda's streets were clean.
I remember He-Man's intro screen lit up like this.. unaware of the history & hard work Scheimer, Hal Sutherland, and Filmation had put into cartoon development and syndication.
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